Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2017

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

District of Columbia has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 27.1% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$34,667

$35,630

$36,593

$37,557

$38,520

$39,484

$40,447

$41,410

$42,374

$43,337

LEO-4

$38,910

$39,991

$41,071

$42,151

$43,232

$44,312

$45,392

$46,473

$47,553

$48,634

LEO-5

$44,751

$45,961

$47,171

$48,381

$49,591

$50,801

$52,011

$53,221

$54,431

$55,641

LEO-6

$47,185

$48,533

$49,882

$51,230

$52,579

$53,927

$55,276

$56,624

$57,973

$59,321

LEO-7

$50,935

$52,434

$53,932

$55,431

$56,929

$58,428

$59,926

$61,425

$62,923

$64,422

LEO-8

$53,088

$54,747

$56,406

$58,064

$59,723

$61,382

$63,040

$64,699

$66,358

$68,016

LEO-9

$56,805

$58,638

$60,470

$62,303

$64,136

$65,969

$67,801

$69,634

$71,467

$73,300

LEO-10

$62,556

$64,574

$66,593

$68,611

$70,629

$72,648

$74,666

$76,685

$78,703

$80,721

The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.